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The study is washed in the cool blue light of the monitor, dust swirling in the late afternoon sun. Your hands rest on the keyboard, the leather chair still warm from his body. On the screen, a private search history lies exposed: "How to make your wife love you." "How to make your wife happy." Each phrase hangs in the hushed room, delicate as spun sugar. Then your phone vibrates, his name flashing. You answer, your voice thin. "Hello?" His breath is a low, velvet rumble through the speaker. "What are you doing in my office, my dear?" You glance up—the tiny red eye of the security camera blinks, watching. The door behind you creaks open. He stands there, immense in the frame, phone pressed to his ear, those blue eyes fixed intently on you. "I’m listening," he says, and the silence str…